The Chiefs and the people of the Ga State have welcomed the government’s change of mind over the takeover of the premises of the Independence Avenue Cluster of Schools for a new Ghana School of Law as requested by the Judicial Service.
This followed meetings between the Greater Accra Regional Minister and the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, with a resolution that the land must remain in possession of the Independence Avenue Cluster of Schools.
The government’s decision was in response to complaints by members of the Ga community, home and abroad, against the plan to take over the land which has been occupied by the Cluster of Schools for more than a hundred years.
A statement issued by Justice Julia YarleySarkodie-Mensah, the Chief of Staff, Office of the GaMantse on Thursday said the GaMantse and President of the Ga Traditional Council, King TackieTeikoTsuru II, the Ga Traditional Council and the entire Ga state said they were pleased with the government’s decision.
“The King hereby expresses sincere gratitude to all sympathisers who fought to defend the interest of the children, parents, teachers, the school authorities, old students, chiefs and leaders,” it said.
It commended the government through the Ministers for Local Government and Rural Development, Lands and Natural Resources and the Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey, for the peaceful resolution of the problem.
It also appreciated the Member of Parliament for Odododiodio, NiiLanteVanderpuye, and the Metropolitan Chief Executive of Accra, Elizabeth Sackey, for supporting the negotiations to keep the schools.
King Tackie TeikoTsuru II also praised persons behind an online petition to gather signatures and focus global attention to plans to take over the school land.
BY TIMES REPORTER
